diff --git a/app/workers/travis_branch_monitor.rb b/app/workers/travis_branch_monitor.rb
index dc2397ec..1ad31120 100644
--- a/app/workers/travis_branch_monitor.rb
+++ b/app/workers/travis_branch_monitor.rb
@@ -63,30 +63,29 @@ def process_repo(repo)
   end
 
   def process_branch(repo, branch)
-    v3_client     = TravisV3Client.new(:repo => Travis::Repository.find(repo.name))
     branch_record = repo.regular_branches.where(:name => branch).first
-    branch_builds = v3_client.repo_branch_builds(branch)
     failure       = BuildFailure.where(:repo => repo, :branch => branch_record).first
 
+    # If we already have a failure record, call notify with that record
+    return failure.notify if failure
+
+    # otherwise, check if any builds exist with a failures, and if so, create a
+    # new BuildFailure record.
+    v3_client     = TravisV3Client.new(:repo => Travis::Repository.find(repo.name))
+    branch_builds = v3_client.repo_branch_builds(branch)
+
     if branch_builds.first.failed?
       first_failure = find_first_recent_failure(branch_builds)
-      failure     ||= BuildFailure.create(:repo            => repo,
+      failure       = BuildFailure.create(:repo            => repo,
                                           :branch          => branch_record,
                                           :travis_build_id => first_failure.id)
 
       failure.notify
-    elsif failure
-      post_passing(failure)
     end
   end
 
   private
 
-  def post_passing(failure)
-    BuildFailureNotifier.new(failure).report_passing
-    failure.delete
-  end
-
   def find_first_recent_failure(builds)
     first_recent_failure = nil
     builds.each do |build|